Last column, Skidmarks – (Excelsior-Henderson) X Factor, I related the curious case of die-hard Excelsior-Henderson fans, men and women who love their motorcycles and loyally keep them running, year after year. I chatted with a few of them to get an idea of why they liked the big V-Twins soRead More

If you remember 1993, you remember a moto-environment that was so light in brands and new models that Cycle World put the Yamaha Seca II on its cover, the motorcycling equivalent of going to see Ellen DeGeneres at a strip club. I had forgotten all about that, too, until TrizzleRead More

Over 12 years ago, John Simpson penned this piece for us, comparing and contrasting his own personal Yamaha Royal Star and Excelsior-Henderson. One is a Japanese take on an all-American motorcycling category, while the other comes with the name of a storied American company, trying to resurrect itself from theRead More